PS2 dominance really made Xbox/Gamecube/Dreamcast niche until 7th generation (friends that were just one console have any could remember back then that were)

[shikamaru317]

I can't really call OG Xbox niche personally, at least here in the US. Just about every gamer in my high school played Halo 2, and I believe it was the biggest first 24 hours game launch of all-time at the time of it's release (was also the first game launch to eclipse the total revenue gross of a movie's opening weekend if I'm not mistaken, it's opening of $125m wasn't beat by a movie opening until 2 years later when Pirates of the Caribbean 2 pulled off a $135m opening). Yes, PS2 sales absolutely eclipsed Xbox worldwide, and even in the US it outsold Xbox by a bit more than 3:1, but niche isn't the word I would use to describe OG Xbox in the US.

Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 11 December 2022